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Personal data Godwin of Wessex 

Source 1
  • He was born in the year 1001.
  • Title: earl, of Wessex, 1
  • He died on April 14, 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, Royaume-Uni, he was 52 years old.
  • A child of Wulfnoth Cild of Wessex

Household of Godwin of Wessex

(1) He is married to Thyra Sveinsdóttir af Danmark.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Driella of Wessex  ????-1064 


(2) He is married to Gytha Thorgilsdotter av Sverige.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Harold of Wessex  1022-1066 
  2. Sweyn of Wessex  1023-1052
  3. Tostig of Wessex  1026-1066 
  4. Eadgyth of Wessex  1029-1075
  5. Gyrth of Wessex  1032-1066
  6. Marigard of Wessex  1033-1083
  7. Leofwine of Wessex  1035-1066
  8. Gunhilda of Wessex  ????-1080
  9. Wulfnoth of Wessex  1040-1094


Notes about Godwin of Wessex

He became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors.

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Sources

  1. Domesday Descendants - K S B Keats-Rohan - Boydell Press, 2002 - Goduin Comes, p. 221

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